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On my unit it's been 1 RN and 1 MHA for census of 18. Acuity is high on this unit and staffing has been horrible the past few months. I've been putting 5 to 6 days (12 hr shifts) a week. Sunday night into Monday morning, I was the only nurse with 2 p...

My facility is going through the process of training all employees to use EPIC. It's a new system that is on the computer and is replacing all the patients paper charts. They say this new system is suppose to be easier and that it will make the Docto...

I no longer have forms to fill out. My admission database is on the computer and it's called EPIC. I hope that you find what you are looking for.

@ 2nd careerchange - hmmm...I wonder if you work at the same facility that I do. :) We use to call them COWS but a nurse asked another nurse where the COW was and the patient thought that the nurse was referring to her. I think she wanted to sue so ...

My condolences to you and your friends family. It's sad to hear when such a young life is taken away to early in life.

Yeah, FB won't tell her that you "denied" her request. I agree with above poster. You should block her so that she cannot find your FB. To request you as a "friend" and she doesn't know you, sounds fishy to me. Something is "off" here, at least that ...

@ jr west - we are able to see new orders under the proper tabs or on the patient summary. As for the tele-strips, I won't be doing tele-strips. So I can't answer that question for you. Maybe someone here can offer insight on the tele-strips and scan...

I work in a facility wear we have to wear a collared blue shirt and beige khaki pants. I do not like it at all. I would just rather wear what I wore in my psych rotation in nursing school. I feel out of place when I have to float to med-surg, peds/su...

At my current unit dayshift (12hr shifts) it's 1=RN Charge Nurse, 2=Staff RN and 2=CNA's (there not called MHA's because they are not strictly used for Mental Healt) Our CNA's get floated if we are overstaffed, as well as the RN's get floated to anot...

Everyone at the facility I work at also has a FB even the chief nursing officer! I don't see a problem with it as long as you don't discuss your personal life or talk about the facility or the co-workers.

Thank-You, Pop! I find it very useful. In fact I noticed that you put the name of the book, I believe you got the information from. I've been meaning to find some pysch books to read. This is one that I will be looking into. :)

I would be interested in gettin the documentation. I too, am new to psych. I only have a year under my belt (but in corrections) and only 6 mths in mental health and bio-chemical dependency. I have alot to learn and would love to see what you have. I...

Love it!!

LOVE IT!!!!

I would of loved the opportunity to have a nurse such as yourself want to teach nursing students. In my clinicals, our instructors would of been disappointed to hear that we acted that way. I feel that you had every right to bring it to the attention...

actually it is already in a sticky...you can find it above in the "anyone up for random fact throwing."

Just adding to the PVT trick....my dear friend took her NCLEX-RN exam on Friday,12/4. I explained to her about the "PVT trick" she went home and did followed all of directions I gave her. She called me and told me that she got the "good pop-up." She ...

Forgot to wish you all a HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

Wow...you actually have off starting today. Our school district has a half day today and on the 25th for Parent/Teacher conference. They are only giving us a long weekend. Enjoy your time off!

Good for you!!:yeah:Good Luck in your new job

Hello, y'all - I'm use to being on the correctional nursing thread and have now found that I will also be utlizing this thread as well. I have been interviewed and fingerprinted today and if all goes well with the fingerprinting I will be substitutin...

Thank you for the information. This is exactly what I was looking for.

We dont' crush any meds at are facility unless it is medical specific. I haven't come across an inmate yet that has been required to crush their meds. I don't even recall having the instrument to crush medications at our facility, either.

I work per-diem, every other weekend. Hubby is home when I work over nights and when I pick up more shifts..it's always the dayshift...b/c he works night during the week and he is able to make it home to get our oldest on the bus at 6:30 am and the t...

What a great story!!